Across the Blue Ridge #80- New Albums, Harmony Singing, & More

This week we hear selections from a new recording by Bobby Hicks – one of the greatest fiddlers in the history of bluegrass – and Mark Kuykendall.  Plus … bluesy gospel from the Harris Brothers of western North Carolina, and a focus on duet harmony singing.  We'll check out classics from the Carter Family, the Delmore Brothers, the Monroe Brothers and the Stanley Brothers.  But that's not all.  Closer to the present day, we hear songs from Carol Elizabeth Jones and Laurel Bliss; Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin; and The Bucking Mules with lead singer Karen Celia Heil.  There are a couple of antique-sounding banjo tunes in the mix as well for a great hour of summer listening.

Playlist

1. Cotton Pickers Stomp
   Hubert Davis
   Jim Eanes & The Shenandoah Valley Boys
    
2. Forever And A Day
   Mark Kuykendall & Bobby Hicks
   Forever And A Day
    
3. In His Arms I'm Not Afraid
   Mark Kuykendall & Bobby Hicks
   Forever And A Day
    
4. Twelve Gates To The City
   Harris Brothers
   Suitcase Blues
    
5. Do Round Miss Lindy
   Peter Honig & David Howard
   We's Too Little
    
6. Lost John
   Cousin Emmy
   Cousin Emmy & Her Kinfolks
    
7. Shady Grove
   Wade Ward
   High Atmosphere
    
8. Break 1 - Molly Put The Kettle On
   Norman Edmonds
   Galax Gems
    
9. Diamonds In The Rough
   Carter Family
   My Clinch Mountain Home
    
10. Jasper Jail
    The Bucking Mules
    Smoke Behind The Clouds
     
11. Weary Lonesome Blues
    Delmore Brothers
    Brown's Ferry Blues
     
12. Going Up To Live In Green Pastures
    Mac & Jenny Traynham
    Never Grow Old
     
13. Swing Down That Chariot
    Cooke Duet
    Best Of Cooke Duet
     
14. Bad Seed
    Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum
    Guest House
     
15. Break 2 - Rutherford's Waltz
    W.L. Gregory & Clyde Davenport
    Monticello
     
16. Six Months Ain't Long
    Monroe Brothers
    Just A Song Of Old Kentucky, Vol. 2
     
17. Death Is Only A Dream
    Stanley Brothers
    Earliest Recordings
     
18. I Heard The Bluebirds Sing
    Carol Elizabeth Jones & Laurel Bliss
    Ridin' Along
     
19. Stepstones
    Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin
    Blue Lightning
     
20. Come All You Roving Gamblers
    Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller
    Deep  End Sessions V2
     
21. Blue Bird Rag
    Walt Koken
    Banjonique